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Kenning

/ˈkɛnɪŋ/

To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).

📖 Definitions of "Kenning"

verb
  1. 1

    To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to develop (as a fetus); to nourish, sustain (as life).

verb
  1. 1

    To know, perceive or understand.

  2. 2

    To discover by sight; to catch sight of; to descry.

noun
  1. 1

    Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.

  2. 2

    The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.

  3. 3

    As little as one can discriminate or recognize; a small portion, a little.

    "put in a kenning of salt"

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